Security Specialist - Senior

Company Description

Spruce InfoTech, a leading IT firm, offers innovative and cost-effective solutions to help clients manage and transform their businesses. Our services are designed to guide companies of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 500 organizations, in maximizing their IT investment while reducing technology costs. Our team of experts has extensive technical knowledge in enterprise solutions, which helps organizations transform these solutions into a strategic asset that can drive new revenue and improve business operations.

Website

http://www.spruceinfotech.com

Job Description

Submissions Closing Date/Time: 2025-06-10, 3:00 p.m. EST

Assignment: RQ09355 - Security Specialist - Senior
Start Date: 2025-07-01
End Date: 2026-03-31
Client: Government Services Integration Cluster
Assignment Type: Hybrid
Office Location: 222 Jarvis, Toronto, ON - Hybrid: 3 Days onsite / 2 days remote
Extension # of Days: 176.00
Max Extension Term(s): 3 Times

Work Hours: 7.5 hours per day

Contract- 198 days

Must Haves:

• Experience with DataPower XML Gateway
• Hands-on experience debugging DataPower transactions.
• Experience Supporting IBM API Connect
• Experience with Unix scripting & deployment automation.
• Experience with DataPower security, security policies, authentication, and authorization.

Responsibilities: Provide planning, consulting, technical analysis, design, deployment, development, testing, implementation, maintenance, upgrades and daily support of middleware products

General Skills:

•        Experience with Middleware services i.e. IBM WebSphere

•        Experience with DataPower XML Gateway

•        Experience with messaging services

•        Experience with adapters

•        Experience with development framework/technologies

•        Experience in middleware software installation, configuration, tuning and administration

•        Experience with application development life cycle

•        Experience with change management and release management as processes supporting the implementation of large applications

•        Experience in structured methodologies for the design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications

•        Experience producing design artefacts, code, configurations, scripts, and test cases

•        Ability to analyze the results from functional, security, load-and -stress testing and resolve reported issues

•        Ability to analyze and solve data integrity, security, configuration and recovery issues

•        Experience with middleware and gateways

•        Experience on application monitoring and support

•        A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

Desirable Skills:

•        Experience implementing and supporting IBM API Connect.

•        Experience implementing and supporting XML / XSLT technologies and non-XML artifacts such as certificates and key files.

•        Experience implementing and supporting custom DataPower frameworks.

•        Experience configuring and monitoring system logging and audit repositories such as Amazon Opensearch Service.

•        Extensive knowledge of DataPower Security Protocols and authentication services

•        Experience configuring and deploying DataPower patterns and services, including multi-protocol gateway, web service proxy, and XML firewall.

•        Knowledge of GO- PKI Security Infrastructure

•        Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

•        Experience conducting system monitoring and performance and data integrity in accordance with ITIL standards

•        Experience with Oracle Solaris, RedHat Linux and UNIX operations